At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City